MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

Meetings begin promptly at 7 p.m. and are held at the Valencia Town Center's [Westfield Mall] Community Room. See Map & Photo below meeting dates.
 

2009 Membership Meetings
 

January 19	Please welcome internationally acclaimed artist Kathryn Hall. She has published and exhibited up and down the Pacific Coast and has been saluted in many articles on art. She will be demonstrating the old masters painting technique by doing a landscape in water-based oils.
February 16	Glen Knowles - Plein Air Artist, Oils & Watercolors http://www.knowlesfineart.com "I create in plein air because it is one of the most difficult and rewarding activities I have ever attempted. It tests me. Plein-air painting challenges me to do my best and rewards me with just enough growth and insight to keep trying. It has changed the way I look at the world. I have chosen to spend my life in the pursuit of nature's light! I live with the hope that I will someday paint a painting that approximates the incredible paintings I see in my mind's eye, and feel in my heart!"
March 16	Jude Bischoff - http://www.judebischoff.com Seeking to express the wild inside, Jude plays with the fire of fantasy and discovery, going deep into the dark forest of imagination where others would fear to tread. Jude constantly seeks new adventures and new forms of artistic expression to share with others his love of being. And that is his gift to all of us.
April 20	W. Bradley Elsberry - http://www.wbradleyelsberry.com "I hope my works will make a positive difference in the quality of the lives they touch. With my landscapes I work on painting in the tradition of the American Sublime style dating back to the Hudson River school of painting. I seek not to show a scene as it is normally seen every day. Instead I hope to reveal a special moment in time when the weather and time of day create extraordinary air and light. I bring this together with the myriad details of the leaves and rocks and water to emulate the beautiful spectacle of nature. One of those moments you feel privileged to have witnessed."
May 18	Johanna Spinks - http://www.portraitartist.com/spinks/portraits2.htm Johanna's work has won her national acclaim being featured recently in The New York Times, and earning juried recognition, awards and show acceptances from various art institutions including American Artist Magazine, Art Talk, Oil Painters of America and The California Art Club. "I have always loved and studied every aspect of art but portraiture was a natural draw for me. There was just nothing else I wanted to paint. I am fascinated by faces; and I study them all day long even when I'm not actually painting them, at the local coffee shop, at the drycleaners, at a Lakers Game, wherever... Johanna's affiliations also include Allied Artists of America, The Artists Fellowship of New York, The Players’ Club of New York, The Portrait Society of America (Johanna is proud to serve as its CA State Ambassador), and The Portrait Society of Atlanta.
June 15	Meli Calkins - http://www.melicalkins.com/ Meli has been painting with soft pastels for the past 30 plus years. Why soft pastels? In her own words she states; "I love the brilliance and intensity of color that pastels are able to display. Being able to lay and mix the colors directly on the canvas is more appealing to me than mixing colors on a pallet." Meli loves interpreting the beauty of nature along the California Central Coast which gives her the inspiration to compose paintings where a person feels they could walk right into and be part of the painting. She also has a special love for the grace and power exhibited by the world of horses.
July 20	Chris Van Winkle - Chris is a California artist with roots in Canada. His art studies include Ontario College of Art, Toronto; Citrus College, Glendora, CA; and the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California. He has studied with Robert Hallett and with the legendary Milford Zornes as well as Robert E. Wood, Frank Webb, George James and Henry Fukuhara. He is an award-winning artist in both the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West, and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Whiskey Painters of America. Chris has served several years on the board of the National Watercolor Society, and as president for three years. http://web.mac.com/christianvanwinkle/chrisvw/Home.html
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